FABM OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY IN TEXAS. 



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their landlords. As a result, the connection between landlord and 

 tenant, as a rule, is transitory, neither party being willing to con- 

 tinue the connection if either finds the least objection to it. 



The average number of years between shifts from farm to farm 

 for share croppers, share tenants, and owners is shown in Table 28. 

 The poorest cropper accumulators moved on an average every 2.3 

 years, while the longest time between shifts was 7.6 years for the 

 best owner accumulators. The average cropper has nothing but a 

 few household goods and his family to move, consequently he is more 

 of a transient than the share tenant who owns his farming equip- 

 ment. 



The most important thing to note in connection with frequency 

 of moves is that the poorest accumulators in each tenure class are 

 also the operators who have moved most frequently; and that the 

 best accumulators have remained longest, on an average, on the 

 farms they have operated. Although it would require a detailed 

 study on the subject to establish the optimum number of years be- 

 tween shifts, it can be said from the data presented in the table that 

 most tenants move more frequently than they should for their best 

 financial interests. 



Some interesting facts are brought out in connection with the 

 reason given for each move. It will be noted that a higher per cent 

 of all moves were for " good economic reasons " in the case of owners 

 than in the case of croppers and share tenants. Furthermore, in all 

 three tenure classes the percentage of moves for good economic rea- 

 sons was higher for the best accumulators than for the poorest 

 accumulators. 



Table 28.- 



-Relation between the shifting of operators from farm to farm and 

 the accumulation of ivealth from earnings. 



Per cent of all shifts that 

 were made because of— 



Croppers. 



Tenants. 



Owners. 



Poor- 

 est. 



Medi- 

 um. 



Best. 



Poor- 

 est. 



Medi- 

 um. 



Best. 



Poor- 

 est. 



Medi- 

 um. 



Best. 





21 



19 



22 



65 



62 



64 



39 



31 



38 







Good economic rea ion or 



] educational, 

 ilth reasons 



'.r |"-r- 



Other n which 



did nol '■'•hi to justify a 



I.-, 5 

 4.5 

 21 2 



9.1 



Lfl : 



44.4 



4.8 

 '25. 4 



17 :, 



7.9 



2.2 



56.7 

 9.6 

 9.6 



2.4 



21.7 



59. 6 

 5.6 

 13.3 



6.9 



11 r, 

 3.0 



66. 7 

 8.0 

 10.9 



2.0 



12.4 



:t.r, 



64.7 



12.7 

 7.3 



1,3 



11 II 



4.0 



75.7 

 6.4 

 4.3 



11 



12.2 

 4.7 



80.0 

 3.5 

 5.9 



1.2 



g .i 



5.4 



84.9 

 5.5 

 6.9 



0.0 







1 not o<; 



. 



• igenumbei 



2.7 

 7.6 













